It's Alright (Echo & the Bunnymen song)

Infobox Single
Name = It's Alright


Cover size =
Caption = CD #1 cover
Artist = Echo & the Bunnymen
Album = Flowers
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 23 April 2001
Format = CD single, 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:29
Label = Cooking Vinyl
Writer = Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch
Producer = Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch
Last single = "Avalanche" (2000)
This single = "It's Alright" (2001)
Next single = "Make Me Shine" (2001)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = CD #2 cover
Type = Single

Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = 7" single cover
Type = Single

"It's Alright" is a single by Echo & the Bunnymen which was released on 23 April 2001 on the Cooking Vinyl label. It was the first single to be released from the 2001 album, "Flowers". It reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart.Citation | date = 2006 | editor-last = Roberts | editor-first = David | title = British Hit Singles & Albums | edition = 19th | publisher = HIT Entertainment | isbn = 1-90499-410-5 ]

Overview

The single was released as a 7-inch single and as two separate CD versions — apart from the title track all three releases had different track listings and each with a different cover. The covers of the three different versions, like there parent album "Flowers", are pictures taken from the book "Wisconsin Death Trip". [cite web | title = The Ultimate Echo and The Bunnymen Discography | url = http://www.villiersterrace.com/disc/1997-2002.htm | publisher = Villiers Terrace.com | accessdate = 2008-05-07 ]

Written and producedby Will Sergeant and Ian McCulloch, the title track also had additional production, engineering and mixing by Pete Coleman. The version of "Rescue" on CD #1 was mixed by Joe McKechnie.

Critical reception

The song has received mixed reviews. Allmusic described the song as rolling with "layered guitars", with McCulloch experimenting vocally for a "rough-edged spiral of psychedelics and '60s pop flair" and chose the song as an AMG pick from the "Flowers" album. [cite web | last = Wilson | first = MacKenzie | title = Flowers > Review | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfwxqw0ldke~T1 | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 2007-05-07 ] CanEhdian.com described the single has having "both the style and beat that seems to be needed for commercial success". [cite web | last = David | first = Stefanie | title = Echo and the Bunnymen: "Flowers" | url = http://www.canehdian.com/non/artists/e/echoandthebunnymen/flowers.html | publisher = CanEhdian.com | year = 2001 | accessdate = 2008-05-07 ] "NME" was less positive, describing it as "a dead-on pastiche of the swirling, Doors-y acid rock" and "not a great song". [cite web | last = Dalton | first = Stephen | title = Echo & The Bunnymen : It's Alright | url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/echo-and-the-bunnymen/4890 | publisher = "New Musical Express" | date = 23 April 2001 | accessdate = 2008-05-07 ]

Cover versions

A cover version of "It's Alright", performed by Bombones, is included on the 2005 Spanish tribute album "Play the Game: Un Tributo a Echo & the Bunnymen". [cite web | title = The Ultimate Echo and the Bunnymen Resource | url = http://www.villiersterrace.com/covers.htm | publisher = Villiers Terrace.com | accessdate = 2008-05-21 ]

Track listings

All tracks written by Will Sergeant and Ian McCulloch except where noted.

;7-inch release (Cooking Vinyl FRY104)
#"It's Alright"
#"SuperMellow Man" (instrumental)

;CD #1 release (Cooking Vinyl FRYCD104)
#"It's Alright"
#"Marble Towers"
#"Rescue" (The Mindwinder's Remix) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas)

;CD #2 release (Cooking Vinyl FRYCD104X)
#"It's Alright" – 3:29
#"Scratch the Past" – 4:05
#"A Promise" (lofi lullabye #1) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson, de Freitas) – 6:34
#"It's Alright" (video)

Chart positions

References

*cite web | url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/Echo+&+The+Bunnymen | title = Echo & The Bunnymen at Discogs.com | accessdate = 2008-05-07

External links

* [http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/echo_and_the_bunnymen/2286284/lyrics.jhtml Lyrics at MTV.com]